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American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced today that the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in film and television, will be held Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The earlier date reflects a shift in timing to almost three weeks earlier than usual as the truncated awards season landscape (ignited by the Oscars® …

“Who shot J.R. on ‘Dallas’?” “Who killed Laura Palmer on ‘Twin Peaks’? “Are the passengers on ‘Lost’ in purgatory?” These are the questions TV viewers sought answers to in seasons past. The answers: Kristen, J.R.’s sister-in-law and mistress played by Mary Crosby; her father, Leland Palmer, played by Ray Wise; and NO! Lost creator Carlton Cuse said the island was …

The Band’s Visit stars Ari’el Stachel, Katrina Lenk and Tony Shalhoub (photo: broadway.com) EGOT (Emmy/Grammy/Oscar/Tony) has two new contenders knocking at its door. Katrina Lenk and Ari’el Stachel earned Daytime Emmy Awards yesterday for the Today Show performances for The Band’s Visit. They won individual Tonys for their performances last year and Grammy Awards for being part of the cast …

Sinqua Walls from ‘American Soul’ (Photo: BET)Tetona Jackson and Tequan Richmond from ‘Boomerang (Photo: BET) BET has revealed the category placements for two of its freshman shows, American Soul and Boomerang, for the 2019 Emmy Awards. American Soul chronicles the rise of the iconic and history-making television dance show Soul Train and is executive produced by Tony Cornelius, son of …

New season set to debut June 11th on FX Pose is a drama spotlighting the legends, icons and ferocious house mothers of New York’s underground ball culture, a movement that first gained notice in the late 1980s. Making television history, Pose features the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles, including Mj Rodriguez, Dominique Jackson, Indya Moore, Hailie Sahar and Angelica …

All 6 episodes will premiere exclusively on Hulu Friday, May 17 Based on Joseph Heller’s seminal novel of the same name, Catch-22 is the story of the incomparable, artful dodger, Yossarian (Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier in World War II who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill him. But his real problem …

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Game of Thrones (HBO) As first reported exclusively by GoldDerby, HBO has revealed category placements for their lineup of eligible comedy and drama series’, television movies, limited series – and their performers – plus variety and talk shows for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards. You might find a few notable omissions here, including Gwendoline Christie for Game of …

(Left) Barry Jenkins, (top) Thuso Mbedu, Aaron Pierre, (bottom) Joel Edgerton, Chase W. Dillon After a long search, Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) has found the lead for his 11-episode limited series The Underground Railroad, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead. 27-year old South African actress Thuso Mbedu will play the 15-year old fearless and rebellious …

2020 Best Picture Predictions

1917 (Universal) December 25
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Sony/Columbia) November 22
Ford v. Ferrari (20th Century Fox) November 15
Harriet (Focus Features) November 1
The Irishman (Netflix)
Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight) October 18
Just Mercy (Warner Bros.) January 17, 2020
The Laundromat (Netflix)
Little Women (Sony/Columbia) December 25
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony/Columbia) July 26

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